IN THE MUSEUMS

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Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy
Through September 1

Masterpieces of Modern Design:
Selections from the Collection

Through Fall 2008
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
212/535-7710, www.metmuseum.org

In “Superheroes,” 70 ensembles, from movie costumes to
avant-garde haute couture and high-performance sportswear, reveal the superhero as the ultimate metaphor for fashion’s
ability to empower and transform the human body.

“Masterpieces of Modern Design” includes The History of Navigation (1934), Jean Dupas’s monumental 56-panel
reverse-painted and gilded glass mural for the French ocean
liner Normandie. (See Shelf Life, p. 104)

Buckminster Fuller: Starting With the Universe
June 26 – September 21
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
800/WHITNEY, www.whitney.org

Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) is best known as the creator of the geodesic dome. This exhibition features the only extant Dymaxion car, models of his Wichita House and notebooks and sketches.

Magyar Grafika: Hungarian Posters, Advertising and Ephemera
Through September 14
American Hungarian Foundation, New Brunswick, NJ
732/846-5777, www.ahfoundation.org
A glimpse into Hungarian life in the first half of the 20th century through commercial printed matter of all kinds.

Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry
Through September 1
Neue Galerie, New York, NY
212/628-6200, www.neuegalerie.org
Forty precious objects created by designers of the Austrian arts and crafts collective, including Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, Dagobert Peche and Carl Otto Czeschka, between its founding in 1903 and 1920.


Ateliers Jean Prouvé
Through March 30, 2009

George Lois: The Esquire Covers
Through March 31, 2009

Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
July 20 – October 20
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
212/708-9400, www.moma.org

The ateliers of Jean Prouvé (1901–84) were laboratories for the development of furnishings and prefabricated buildings on an industrial scale. The installation focuses on the evolution of the Standard chair and other furniture and buildings that demonstrate Prouvé’s approach to construction.

From 1962 to 1972, George Lois (b. 1931) changed the face of
magazine design with his covers for Esquire magazine. MoMA
presents 31 prints of covers and original artwork.

“Home Delivery” is a comprehensive examination of the historical and contemporary significance of factory-produced architecture, with 63 projects on display, including five houses on view in the museum’s outdoor space.

Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry
July 23 – November 9
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
617/267-9300, www.mfa.org
Important examples from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including designs by René Lalique (1860–1945), Georges Fouquet (1862–1957) and Lucien Gaillard (1861–1933).

Give it Your Best: Workplace Posters in the United States
Through January 4, 2009
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE
302/658-2400, www.hagley.lib.de.us
More than 70 posters from 1917 through World War II, conceived to improve morale and bolster productivity, including the Seagram Corporation’s Loose Lips Might Sink Ships and Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms.